Instruments Of Poetry

I find myself returning to the Hermes 3000 where most of my earlier poems were written. I also like longhand because the width of the paper determines the length of each line.

Computers are different than typewriters or longhand because there's more freedom: my choice of what to post while typing at a computer is determined by what I see on a screen. (With the knowledge one screen may look different from another.)

What instruments have you used to write poems? What differences have you found between the instruments you've used? Do you have a favorite instrument for writing poetry?

Just Rest (October 24, 2013) is my first successful poem made entirely by tablet computer, so thought I'd record the process.

I used a writing app on one tablet to write and save the poem. (An entire final section was deleted during edit in this app.)

Then I carefully copied the open text by hand from that tablet to Writer's Beat using a second tablet. A couple of edits using the WB interface convinced me the poem I'd retyped could stand, so I posted it.

What DID NOT WORK FOR ME was an earlier attempt to type a poem by free association directly to the WB interface, editing only on the site itself. (If you can type directly to a WB message field to make solid poem: go for it!)

: = )

For now I'm going with the two-tablet method.* Thanks to WB for providing the platform and proving ground!

Lance

*The ability to write and present poetry while lying on one's back is something new and old: think Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

However, I am against digital art as opposed to hand painted or hand crafted works.
A personal touch is paramount when a tangible construction of some sort is the objective, as opposed to a writing-- that's about as visual as italics, bolds, underlines and alignment.

Good post.

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